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Formation
: Temporary and annual change of hilly and jungle tracts into desert
region during hot summer, when all water-sources are dried up, vegetation
withered and land scorched.
Human
habitation : PaŠandalai (old battle-field,
Nattam desolate place), and Kudikk„du.
Inhabitants
: MaŠavar (heroes, warriors,soldiers,
men of courage), Ka˜˜ar, Eyi‹ar
(archers) and V„——uvar (hunters).
Occupation
: Highway-robbery, plunder and warfare.
Subsistence : Valuables robbed and plundered. Cult
: Kƒ˜i worship
Water-sources
: Dried-up wells and pools
Percussion
instruments : Drums beaten during plunder and cattle-lifting.
Melody-type
: Pƒlai yƒ‰.
Fauna
: Enfeebled elephant, tiger and red dog.
Birds
: Eagle, vulture, kite and pigeon,
Flora
: Sƒl, bottle-flower, trumpet-flower,
dried South Indian mahua, tooth-brush, u‰i½ai,
½emai, wedge-leaved ape-flower,
Silvery-leaved ape-flower, seven-leaved milk-plant, Conessi-bark,
blue-dyeing rosebay, woolly dyeing rosebay, India-rubber vine, green
wax flower, etc.
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